Pharaonic & Roman · event 7 of 8

c. 42 AD

The Coptic Church is founded. Tradition attributes the introduction of Christianity to Egypt to St Mark. By the fourth century the country is largely Christian.

The Pharaonic & Roman era

  1. c. 3100 BC
  2. c. 2670 BC
  3. c. 2560 BC
  4. c. 1300 BC
  5. 332 BC
  6. 30 BC
  7. c. 42 AD
  8. c. 300 AD

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